One Thousand Reasons to Vote Against George Bush
The list of of reasons to unseat George Bush is now in book form. This 250 page paperback contains over 1,400 compelling excerpts with links to the original sources, organized by category. Half of all profits go to organizations working against Bush, including MoveOn, John Kerry, and the DNC.
Beijing, China – Fengtek released their first motherboard based on the ancient Chinese philosophy of Feng Shui. Many interior designers use the principles of Feng Shui to arrange furniture in rooms, so the areas have positive energy. Fengtek is the first company to move these principles to motherboard design.
Charles Huang, CEO of Fengtek, said he had been “looking for a way to combine modern technology with traditional Asian wisdom. My father had a motherboard company, so why not start there?”
As the cruiser powers into an enemy harbor the captain, suspecting mines, unleashes a swarm of microbes into the water. By the trillions they sniff out TNT, fluorescing brighter hues of red as they near their quarry and then digest the explosive, rendering it harmless.
Sounds far-fetched, but if Princeton University bioengineer Ron Weiss has his way, within the next 10 years the first generation of man-made bacterial robots, or microbots, not only will detect dynamite but will scrub carbon dioxide from smokestack emissions, diagnose disease, and siphon hydrogen from water for fuel.
Terrible, horrible things can be done to this millimeters-thick patch of shimmering material crafted by chemists at NanoSonic in Blacksburg, Virginia. Twist it, stretch it double, fry it to 200?C, douse it with jet fuel?the stuff survives. After the torment, it snaps like rubber back to its original shape, all the while conducting electricity like solid metal. ?Any other material would lose its conductivity,? says Jennifer Hoyt Lalli, NanoSonic?s director of nanocomposites.
Could illegal hallucinogenic drugs like LSD and psilocybin ever become credible prescription medicines?
NEW YORK – Stuffing something in a public locker usually isn’t a memorable experience. You drop a coin, take the key and move on.
But at the Statue of Liberty, recently reopened after a two-year closure, stashing a package offers a glimpse into the future. To rent, close and reopen lockers, visitors touch an electronic reader that scans fingerprints.
An ingredient in marijuana may be useful for treating brain cancers, say Spanish researchers from Madrid.
Pockets of superheated gas several times the size of Earth have been discovered swirling like bathtub drains high above the planet.
The vortices seem to suck high-energy particles from the Sun into Earth’s otherwise protective magnetic shield. The finding should help solve a longstanding mystery.
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Aug. 11, 2004 ? An electricity meter that sometimes runs backwards is just one of the cool aspects of Department of Energy near-zero-energy homes.
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. ? Microscopic scaffolding to house the tiny components of nanotech devices could be built from RNA, the same substance that shuttles messages around a cell’s nucleus, reports a Purdue University research group.
Japan has unfurled a delicate solar sail in space, a device which some scientists believe could enable travel to far away planets.
LONDON (Reuters) – British scientists said on Wednesday they had been granted permission to clone human embryos for medical research, thought to be the first such license given in Europe.
Researchers at the University of Newcastle in northern England will be allowed to create embryos as a source of stem cells to cure diseases after being given permission by the government’s regulator, a spokeswoman for the university said.
Source: http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=scienceNews&storyID=5935725
Heat waves in the 21st Century will be more intense, more frequent and longer lasting, US experts report in the journal Science.
ASPEN, Colo.—If a 10-kiloton nuclear weapon, a midget even smaller than the one that destroyed Hiroshima, exploded in Times Square, the fireball would reach tens of millions of degrees Fahrenheit.